Centenarians

She was the first Black woman to join the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after desegregation.

He was the last remaining crew member of the USS Utah.

He was a Navy medic who rushed to help the victims of the attack.

She was a Holocaust survivor who competed in her first Olympics at 31 years old.

Carter was the longest-lived president in U.S. history.

She loved to champion the work of young, up-and-coming designers.

Fernandez was just 17 when the Pearl Harbor attack was launched in Hawaii.

Her celebrated folk songs were beloved by generations of children.

Despite electric shock and beatings, Riffaud would not reveal French Resistance info to the Nazis.

Hawkins was a cyclist in her 70s and 80s, but lack of competition stopped her.